Eliza Dennis
Eliza Dennis is a producer for NPR's afternoon news podcast, Consider This. She started her NPR journey in 2018 as a Story Lab intern and joined Weekend All Things Considered shortly after.
During her time on Weekend All Things Considered, she reported on the war in Ukraine from Moldova and Romania. She followed Pete Buttigieg around Iowa and talked to young voters in South Carolina and Washington ahead of the 2020 democratic primaries. In 2018, she reported on the midterms from Pennsylvania and won a National Press Club Breaking News Award for covering the Tree of Life Synagogue shooting. She coordinated movie coverage for Weekend All Things Considered and thanks everyone for putting up with her art house picks.
After painting and sculpting her heart out at Carleton College (BA '13), she continued her art practice in the Bay Area where she fell in love with audio. When she's not working on her latest art project, she's searching for her next good read, live show and swimming hole.
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Romanians have been welcoming the world's second-largest influx of Ukrainian refugees. It's a marked change from the country's response during Europe's last major migrant crisis. -
Anastasiia Konovalova was a teacher in Odesa, Ukraine, when the war started. In a matter of weeks, she established a school for Ukrainian refugee children that now has a 600-person waitlist. -
The MSNBC host's new book examines how the Russian economy's reliance on oil and natural gas contributed to Vladimir Putin's decision to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. -
An Afghan filmmaker and his family shot hundreds of hours of cell phone footage after fleeing the Taliban. Producer Emelie Mahdavian said it was important to let their first-person story stand alone. -
The last Volkswagen Beetle has rolled off the assembly line in Puebla, Mexico, and we're feeling nostalgic. Tell us your favorite VW Beetle memory! -
With over 50 million printed copies, Maxwell House has released a new edition of their Haggadah, designed for fans of the Amazon show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has been called out for behavior that has made women uncomfortable. At a high school in Maryland, students are having similar discussions about their own behavior.
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In the new Netflix movie, Paddleton, two best friends have to learn to say goodbye. Unlike depictions of male friendship in other buddy films, these men do it with grace and love.
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Ajmal Faqiri came to the U.S. on a Special Immigrant Visa after working as a interpreter and translator for the U.S. military in his home country of Afghanistan. Now, he works the gig economy.
